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Week 4, the next recipe installment of trying to make and photograph a recipe from my 1971 Edmonds cookbook. I am finding it a struggle to keep up with the challenge of doing one every week. But when I do it is worth the wait. Apple Shortcake is an old favorite. When I was a kid, we always used home grown apples. I used apples from my tree for this blog. I found the pastry a little hard to roll

Fruit Bread Mmmmm fruit loaf, who does not love a slice of fruit bread? The wanting starts when I grind up spices to make my spice mix, the smell just wafts everywhere, there is just something about freshly ground spices, then grating the orange rind, juices are starting to flow. Then I make the bread, then comes the baking. Now I cook on a wood stove, so our bread is wood fired bread. Now, this is a smell that no

Current Biscuits This recipe is from the New Zealand Edmonds cookbook. An old favorite in our place. These are a nice easy biscuit, they improve with keeping and freeze well. I like to grind my cinnamon fresh, but you can use powdered. See full recipe (and save and print it ) here See full recipe (and save and print it ) here

Peanut Butter and Banana Muffins Muffins are a wonderfully easy thing to make when you are in a hurry and you need to have something quick and fast on the table. They are also a good way of sneaking in fruit and vegetables. For me, there is something about peeling off a paper case, it is kinda like un warping a present and wondering what is in there. Or that roses chocolate, waiting for that sweet something. Lining the pans

Green is a great colour, reminds of being outside. Green to me is full of energy and life. And that is a feeling I get when I drink and eat green foods.
This smoothie is light, refreshing and slightly chewy thanks to the celery and cleansing, that is the cucumber.

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Hi, I am Rachel!
A country girl at heart. I am a whole food cook.
Growing up on the beautiful Canterbury plains of New Zealand I learned to cook from good wholesome raw ingredients. That has provided me with a good base fundamentals of where our food comes.
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